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HATFIELD-FOREST, or Bush-End, a chapelry in Hatfield-Broad-Oak parish, Essex; 2½ miles NNW of Hatfield-Broad-Oak, and 3 E by S of Bishop-Stortford r. station. It was constituted in 1860; and its posttown is Hatfield-Broad-Oak, under Harlow. Pop., 410. Houses, 79. The property is subdivided; but the forest which gives name to the chapelry, comprises about 1, 000 acres, and was recently enclosed, belongs to John A. Houblon, Esq. Remains of a very old and large oak, whence the parish is supposed to have got the name of the diocese of Rochester. Value, £75. * Patron, the Vicar of Hatfield-Broad-Oak. The church was built in 1860; is in the early English style; and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Hatfield Broad Oak Parish Essex Ancient County |
| Place names: | BUSH END | HATFIELD FOREST | HATFIELD FOREST OR BUSH END |
| Place: | Bush End |
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